The Silverhorn Freedom From Fabric Winter Swim

Given the popularity of this old post here on Silverhorn Mountain, I figured it might be time for a little more gratuitous....well you know what I am referring too....

The winter is a tough time of the year for the folks who like to "drop trou" as they say and feel the freedom that comes from the open air on skin, or the freshness that comes from a quick dip in Silverhorn Lake, sans suit, splashing around, giggling, laughing, and just generally having too much fun!  When the ice comes members of the local Freedom from Fabric Club (FFFC) are kind of...well....stuck for something to do with their...um....well...activities....

But not too worry, not this year, as one of the club's senior members, Old Davey, excited about the three new buxom college girls who just joined the club thinking, because it was a 'naturalist' organization that the Freedom From Fabric Club had something to do with saving the lives of the "fabric animals"....oh my...a long sentence...whew...gotta get my breath...ok so where was I? Oh yeah, Old Davey, one of the club's senior members decided to hasten the date of the annual Silverhorn Lake Spring Skinny Swim decided that enough was enough. If the ice won't go on it's own, he would make it go....so trusty axe in hand, and hopefully a pair of steel toe workboots on his feet, ever since that  unfortunate incident wearing crocs, he took on a task that many of us felt was futile, but he felt was worth doing....gotta love an old guy with a purpose!

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Inventor Not A Rocket Scientist Sledder

Hey Silverhorner's Welcome to ficticious Silverhorn Lodge on equally ficticious Silverhorn Mountain! It's Friday night here on the Silverhorn? What day is it where you are?

One thing about writing for The View From Silverhorn Mountain....there is no shortage of stuff to tell you about. Take for instance this story from the Associated Press. It seems a 62 year old man from Michigan blew himself up while sledding. Now first of all, I have to question what a 62 year old guy is doing sledding ? anyway....I suppose he is was in pretty good physical shape when he started, it's his mental state that has to be called into question. Why you ask? Because he strapped a homemade rocket to his back before he started down the sled hill. The unnamed inventor-not-a-rocket-scientist-sledder was having a sledding party with some of his friends, I'm sure some of whom he was hoping to convince to invest in his new invention.  I'm not making this up folks, this really happened...

Now...that sounds pretty cool, a homemade rocket strapped to your back for sledding....the rocket was an automobile muffler filled with gasoline and gunpowder which the inventor-not-a-rocket-scientist-sledder then set afire...a-fire....Yee haw!!! Because gasoline gunpowder and fire tend to do one thing, explode! His homemade rocket did just that as he headed down hill, causing second degree burns to his face, right side of his body and quite likely some eye damage as well as eliciting some screaming both from him and any onlookers who may have been there to witness what is likely one of Michigan's stupider sled tricks....

Unfortunately no one got a video of  our inventor-not-a-rocket-scientist-sledder, but that doesn't stop us from having a laugh at some other sledder's expense!

Tonight's Entree: Camel Burger

Hey Silverhorners! Are you a Silverhorner? I mean really? Ya gotta ask yourself that. Remember, Silverhorn Lodge is a ficticious lodge on an equally ficticious Silverhorn Mountain, located somewhere on the world wide web. So in the purest sense, being a "Silverhorner" is really just a state of mind.....

Speaking of state of mind, I think there may be some camels in the United Emirates, that might not be having a very peaceful state of mind, not now....it used to be that camels were treasured for carrying their riders over vast stretches of waterless desert, while they lived on water they had stored in the hump or humps in the case of the luxury model camel, the infamous two humped camel known as Bactrian camel...betcha didn't know that...remember, we do the research so you don't have to.....a camel with one hump is called a dromedary....but then you did know that.....On a side note, Camels are apparently a very versatile beast, did you know that there is a sport called camel wrestling? and Camel Racing?

Well it looks like the days of Lawrence of Arabia charging across the desert on a camel may be numbered,  replaced by a new use for the venerable old camel. These days, camels have become a favorite of folks who like to partake of a new kind of fast food, the Camel Burger! Before I go any further let's clear out the perverts who came here because I mentioned cameltoe...I'm talking about camels, eating real camel burgers and not camel toes....delicious and savory though the "other" cameltoe may be in some circles, that is not what this blog is about....This is a camel toe.....

Like I said, it's not a good time to be a camel.....Apparently a restaurant in Dubai has added the Camel Burger to its menu, a fat-free healthy burger for those of you who like to eat rather than ride your camel!
The Local House Restaurant is pumping out the camel burgers by the infamous quarter pound garnished with cheese and a special burger sauce....

Now before I go any futher...the next time you order a burger, be it camel or otherwise....I want you to spend a moment, just a moment....wondering what exactly is the "special sauce" ? OK...no need to go on about that...just wanted to get you thinking....might be good to clarify the special sauce clause is all.....

I dunno about you, but I am a little...well....unclear about whether or not I am at a point where I can bring myself to eat a camel, even though it is apparently quite popular in some areas especially when it comes with

your choice of fries or wedges, gulped down with a camel milkshake....which is an entirely nother story......Now tell me....could you eat this? Are you getting hungry? Mouth watering good.....Just look at this guy and think supper......delicious...mouth watering supper......I bet you want fries with that........

Liking the idea of chowing down, digging in to a nice big healthy camel burger? I figured you would be, you can read the real story, Here

Camel Pics: Wilkipedia